Melody Plant

There will apparently be 17500 free tickets available for Michael Jackson’s memorial which will take place on Tuesday and these will be handed out by lottery. This will all be conducted through registration on an internet site. And it seems that stakes are high as there were five hundred million contestants registered for the event within the first hour. The LAPD is also issuing a friendly warning that anyone who does not have a ticket should not try to gain entry to the memorial as security measures will be tight. There’s probably only one way to describe what will ensue on Tuesday: complete and utter chaos… and it’s all going to be happening in Los Angeles. Maybe this is one of the foregoing events of the Apocalypse.

Beyonce took the March 2009 cover of Niche Media’s Los Angeles Confidential magazine. She looked hot in a white Herve Leger by Max Azria swimsuit. The 27-year old singer and actress admitted in the interview that while she sings songs to help women get through break ups, there is no one who does that for her, saying that she needed it. When she was asked whose songs help her get through heartache the ways her songs do for her fans, she said “Well, fortunately I haven’t had any break-ups! This is my first relationship.” Beyonce was referring to her highly-guarded marriage to rapper Jay-Z. Then why would she say that she needs songs to identify with if she hasn’t had any heartaches?

Chris Brown performs onstage with Ciara during the 2008 BET Awards which was held at the Shrine Auditorium on Tuesday in Los Angeles, California. When Ciara came on stage, rain came pouring down in the background as visible text and images could be seen. ‘Ciara’ and ‘Take U Down’ could be seen during the performance. A little shameless plugging doesn’t hurt anyone after all. The 19-year old Chris won the night’s first award for best male R&B artist. He said on the red carpet “I just love what I’m doing and I have fun doing it. I love being myself.”

It’s been nearly a year since it happened and we now know what the hang-up is in deciding whether to file vehicular manslaughter charges against Brandy. It’s that the singer may have been the victim and not the culprit.

A CHP source says that the woman who died in the car accident involving Brandy actually struck the vehicle in front of her before Brandy even made contact. What’s more, LA County Coroner spokesperson Captain Ed Winter says that toxicology reports show Awatef Aboudihaj, the woman who died, had slight traces of marijuana in her system at the time of the crash.

The one-year stature of limitations for filing charges runs out at the end of the business day this week. If the City Attorney’s office decides to file, they have to prove Brandy did something negligent which is said to be a difficult, if not impossible task.

If their performance at the Victoria’s Secret fashion show was anything to go by, the Spice Girls concert wouldn’t be any good. But the thing is, that performance isn’t anything compared to the actual show because the show is really good!

Besides making LA fans go crazy by singing all their hits on Wednesday, Baby, Scary, Ginger and Sporty each belted out solo numbers. Mel C did ‘I Turn to You’, Scary made her own rendition of ‘Are You Gonna Go My Way’ and Ginger did ‘It’s Raining Men’. I forget what Baby sang but it brought the house down along with the other 3 nonetheless.

What did Posh do? Instead of belting out her own solo number, she opted to prance down the runway to a mix of Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’ and RuPaul’s ‘Supermodel’.

Well we are familiar with celebs having interesting or dangerous hobbies. Only yesterday did I comment on KT Tunstall’s love of rock climbing despite worrying about losing limbs in the process. And now soldier boy James Blunt joins the masses and reveals his love for the Swiss Slopes.

Hmm something tells me it’s not the skiing James loves though. Famed for his womanising ways, it is rumoured that the ‘You’re Beautiful’ singer took the virginity of hundreds of chalet girls at his favourite resort in Switzerland. And to top it off; his conquests are proudly wearing t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “James Blunt Took my Virginity”.

Blunt is typically male and very proud of his reputation, saying: “I once found myself in a swimming pool in Los Angeles with nine naked models and I was the only bloke. I’d like to think any woman I have known has enjoyed being with me.”

Yes but how much is really true James?

We’ve heard from the two Mels otherwise known as Sporty and Scary Spice, now it’s time to hear from Emma otherwise known as Baby Spice. Emma is the latest Spice Girl to blog on their official website.

In her entry, she talked about finally being in LA, how her son Beau was and the mad rush of paparazzi that greeted her when she arrived. She also talked about her excitement over the rehearsals and the tour itself. She even gushed about the merchandise they were going to put out which even includes some baby bits that she wants to get for Beau.